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Interview – Julian Chappell of the classic ZX81 publishing house Software Farm

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Villordsutch chats with Julian Chappell of the classic ZX81 publishing house Software Farm… The Sinclair ZX81 was (and still is) a plucky little machine.  RAM packed with 1K of memory this machine came into its element when you crammed a hefty additional 16K onto the back of it, however at the time gaming on the […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds #4

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds #4… It’s a race between the forces of good and evil! The first to reach the only Power Battery in the universe will control the destiny of all worlds! Can Hal Jordan and the crew of the Enterprise beat Sinestro and his allies to the ultimate prize? SEE ALSO: Check out a preview […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Deviations

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Deviations… In a world where the Romulans discovered Earth before the Vulcans, Earth is now a brutal penal colony. Resistance fighter William Riker has uncovered a vast conspiracy, and together with his band of prisoner outlaws (you just might recognize a few!), must fight to rescue a mysterious prisoner in the darkest level of […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Waypoint #4

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Waypoint #4… First, an ENTERPRISE story by Vivek Tiwary and Artist TK. Captain Archer’s pet beagle Porthos takes center stage in a Temporal Cold War tale that sees the beloved pooch traveling back in time in order to save a young Jonathan’s life. Then, a NEXT GENERATION story by Scott Bryan […]

Project ZX review and interview with creator Richard Langford

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Villordsutch reviews Project ZX and chats with creator Richard Langford… Back in 2009 the BBC aired a drama based around the rise of the British home computer market, with its two main players being Sir Clive Sinclair played by Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong and Miller, Danger Mouse) and Chris Curry played by Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, […]

Book Review – Navigators of Dune

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Villordsutch reviews Navigators of Dune… Navigators of Dune is the third book in the Great Schools trilogy from Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the previous being Mentats of Dune.  Finally, in this book all the threads that have been floating in the Universe, from Venport’s monopoly of both Spice and the Navigators, the fanatical Manford […]

Book Review – Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino

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Villordsutch reviews Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino… The original Atari 2600 was a truly fantastic looking console.  It came with faux-wood panelling to give it an extra special piece of class that other gaming consoles – like the Binatone – just couldn’t bring to the sophisticated buyers home (yes Intellivisison tried but it couldn’t match the Atari […]

Video Game Review – Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls on the ZX Spectrum

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Villordsutch reviews Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls on the ZX Spectrum… Monty Mole from Gremlin Graphics was huge star on the 1980’s gaming scene.  Wanted: Monty Mole rocked the 8-bit gaming world as a wee stubby mole, designed by Peter Harrop, wandering through the British Coal Mines (set during the 1980’s Miners Strike) snaffling coal […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #5

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #5… Plagued by nightmares of a life he never had, Dirk Gently discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and they’re about to catch up with him! When is a Dirk Gently comic still brilliant, but in truth not actually a Dirk Gently […]